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On the Advantage of 
The cost of making a fence of this kind is from 25. to 25. 6d. 
a rod. 
Little will be required the first year besides cleaning, which 
should be done by hand, as the hoe or spade wounds the plants, 
and draws the mould off the banks. If grass or weeds are suf- 
fered to grow, the layer will fail in producing a sufficient number 
of shoots. At the Michaelmas after planting, the young shoots 
being then of one summer's growth, should be clipped to a 
uniform height. 
Great attention must be given the first two years in clipping off 
lateral or side- shoots close, as this renders the fence impene- 
trable at the bottom. Perhaps it may be more prudent to clip 
young fences for the first year or two, after the leaf is off and 
the sap is down, although 1 have never observed any ill effects 
from summer clipping. If the young fence is allowed to grow 
up too fast at first, the result is sure to be a thin fence below, 
and it is better to reduce the length of the shoots often, than to 
cut off the young layer close, after it has been planted two years, 
a plan pursued^ by many persons in order that more numerous 
and vigorous shoots may be thrown out. 
As soon as the fence is sufficiently grown to withstand cattle, 
which as before stated will be in about four years on good land, 
and five or six on poor land, the dead fence may be removed, and 
part of the bank may either be carted away or returned to the 
ditch, which, being now useless, can be levelled down with the 
